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I often wonder if content providers really think of DRM as security against piracy or as consumer lock in. It only takes one illegal copy going up on the Internet to have that book or song widely downloadable. For years, most songs you could purchase and download had DRM when anyone could buy the CD, rip it, and upload it. It only punished honest customers by keeping them tied to a given store/device partnership. You're not going to stop people from sharing files by tacking on DRM. It's hard to imagine that publishers could actually fail to understand this.
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